Obituary of RANDOLPH J. DREWETT, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 
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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date:  December 31, 1936

Headline:  Randolph Drewett Buried in Pineville Tuesday Afternoon

Randolph J. Drewett, 38, died at 12:10 o'clock Monday morning at the 
Veteran's Hospital in Alexandria where he had been conveyed a few days 
previously.  Mr. Drewett had been in ill health for some time, but had been 
at his home in Jena for the past four or five months.  His condition grew 
worse last week and he was rushed to the hospital for treatment.

The deceased had been a resident of Jena for the past 31 years, coming here 
when a small boy from Grant Parish.  He was the son of former Sheriff and 
Mrs. T. J. Drewett, who now reside at St. Gabriel, La.  He was a member of 
the Baptist Church in Shreveport.

The funeral services were conducted at the chapel in the National Cemetery in 
Pineville on Tuesday afternoon and his body interred in the cemetery with 
full military honors.

Mr. Drewett's wife, the former Sarah Drake and two children, Alta Ruth and 
Tommie, survive him.  He also leaves his mother and father and one brother, 
L. L. Drewett of Jena, as well as a score of other relatives and friends to 
mourn his passing.